Gate.



C. A. BECKER.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1911.

LQ38562$ Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

CORNELIUS A. BECKER, 01? WHITE SALMON, WASHINGTON.

GATE.

Application filed February 21, 1917.

to means for operating farm gates into open or closed position.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effectivemechanism for swinging farm gates into open position from either side ofthe gateway without the necessity of the operator leaving his seat orsaddle, the gate being as readily closed after the operator has passedthrough the gate.

More particularly, the object of my invention consists in the provisionof means for simultaneously operating the members of a double gate intoopen or closed position, the gates being so intergeared that they may beswung with a minimum of labor and incldent jar.

With the above objects in view and such others as may hereinafterappear, my invention will now be fully set forth and de scribed,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings In the drawings Figure1 is a front elevation, one of the posts being broken away to show thegate operating mechanism, 7

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one of the gates in open position,

Fig. 3 is an end view, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an operatlng track used in connectionwith the apparatus.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the gateposts, each 0 which is formed of a pair of spaced parallel uprightsbetween which is preferably secured the cross bar 2 at a suitableoverhead elevation. Pivotally secured between the members of the posts 1are the gates 3 of suitable and usual construction with the exception ofthe top short bars 1 which act as uides and braces for the guide bands 5which are formed of angle-iron and are bolted upon opposite sides of thegates 3 in coincident relation so that one flange thereof Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 191W.

Serial No. 150,187.

extends outwardly from the sides of the gates. The gates are carried bystuds 6 which operate in the bearings 7, the latter being located at asuitable height so as to permit the gates to swing into verticalposition between the uprights of the posts 1. Secured to the lower endsof the bands 5 upon one side of the gates 3 are the cables 8, whichthence pass for a certain distance over the curved portion of the bandsand are passed through pulleys 9 which are secured to the inner sides ofthe posts 1. above the gates. From these pulleys the cables are passedto corresponding pulleys 11 upon the upper ends of posts 12 positionedat suitable distances from. the gateway upon opposite sides of thelatter and also upon opposite sides of the driveway. Suitable weights 1secured to the free ends of these cables serve as handles for theoperator to grasp in pulling the cables for opening the gates, it beingobvious that by pulling the cables downwardly through the pulleys 11.causes the gates to be elevated by the operation. of the cables 8 uponthe bands 5. Secured to the rear ends of the bands 5, which. areextended rearwardly to provide the brackets 14 are the ends of othercables 15 which are passed through the pulleys 16 also carried by theposts above the gates, but upon the outer sides of the former, afterwhich the cables 15 are passed through pulleys 17 which are also carriedby the posts 12 and are weighted as at 18, so that the weights 18counterbalance the weights of the cables 8. Thus when the weights arelowered. the cables 15 are consequently raised through the retraction.of the cables 8, and vice versa, when the last mentioned. cables areoperated. to close the gates. Positioned between the uprights of theposts 1, in directly opposite positions, are the pulleys 19 which appeardirectly below corresponding pairs of pulleys 20 also located betweenthe uprights of the posts 1 in suitably spaced relation, brackets 21being provided for their proper rotative mounting. Secured to the lowerend of the second bands 5 upon each gate is a cable 22 which passesthence around the bands 5 to the adjacent pulley 19 thence upwardly overthe superimposed pulley 20 across the gateway just below the cross bar 2over the opposite pulley 20, thence in front of and below the oppositepulley 19, after which its end is connected to an eyelet 23 upon theopposite gate, the eyer of each let 23 being preferably located on therear upper corner of the gate. Thus, the cables 22 being similarly butreversely connected between the two gates are operative, when one or theother gate is actuated to swing the second gate simultaneously and witha balanced action.

When it is desired to open the gate, either of the cables 8 or theweights 13 is actuated thereby pulling up on the lower ends of thecorresponding guide bands This action tends tolift the gate, and byreason of the connecting cables 22 the gates are simultaneously thrownback to open position, as indicated in Fig. 2. Obviously this actionraises the weights 18, and projects the cables 15 rearwardly over thepulleys 16 and behind the post 1. In order to close the gates, theWeight 18 is now pulled downwardly, this action causing the cable 15 topull upon the rear end 14 of the guideband 5 and lift the gates to theirclosed position.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple andeasily actuated form of gate operating mechanism. The guide or trackbands 5 which are duplicated upon opposite sides of each gate form gatea very rigid structure, aside from their functions of properly guidingand positioning the cables 8 and 22. The gates are balanced for openlngor closing,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe so that little power is needed for their actuation in eitherposition, and they are equally simply connected for simultaneousbalanced action when either one of the gates are actuated into open orclosed position. IVhat I claim as my invention is The combination withgate posts, of gates pivoted between the posts to be swung into verticalposition, arcuate cable guide bands mounted upon opposite sides of eachgate, and extending from the lower edge of the gate to the upper rearcorner thereof, a cable connected to the lower end of one of the bandson each gate and carried over the band to the corresponding post forlifting the gates, a cable connected to the upper rear end of each ofthe gates for actuating the gates into closed position, and a cableextending from the lower end of each one of the second of the arcuateguide bands to the adjacent post and connected across the gate posts,and pulleys carrying the last mentioned cables whereby actuation of oneof the gates causes the simultaneous and similar action of the othergate.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CORNELIUS A; BECKER. Witnesses:

H. L. DOUGLASS, A. J. SMITH.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

